#food commodities

Collection of food commodities news, found 76 news.

Next Indonesian govt expected to focus on food, pro-people programs

As an agrarian country with vast areas and a country with a large population that depends on the agricultural sector, ...

Inflation expected to go down in April: Deputy minister

Deputy Minister of Finance Bayu Krisnamurthi expressed hope that food supply would increase in the harvest season next ...

Govt urged to crack down on food cartels

The government should crack down on food cartels which allegedly control food prices, stocks and supplies in the ...

Economic growth should help address social gap: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said economic growth should have a proper plan of action to help address the ...

Govt to launch market operations to curb inflation

The government will launch market operations to contain inflationary pressure following the delayed rise in the prices ...

March inflation recorded at 0.07 percent, BPS

The National Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded an inflation rate of only 0.07 percent in March due to a drop in the ...

Minister denies increase in food prices

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa has denied that food commodity prices are increasing in the run-up to the fuel ...

September inflation expected below 0.9 pct: Minister

The government expects the inflation rate in September 2011 to drop to a level below last August`s 0.89 percent, ...

Food self-sufficiency target should be measurable

The government`s target of achieving lasting food self-sufficiency should be appreciated but they should should also ...

Govt believes inflation to remain under control

The government believes inflation could be controlled despite the rising world oil prices as a result of political ...

Indonesia`s economic growth unaffected by oil price surge

Although the world oil price in Asia hovered near $105 per barrel on Tuesday a banker in Jakarta expressed the belief ...

President orders sharpened watch over rising world oil prices

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa to keep a ...

Govt keeps monitoring global oil prices

The Indonesian government keeps monitoring the movements of global crude prices after they rose 21 percent in the past ...

Govt ready to open 2 million hectares of farm land

The government is ready to open two million hectares of farm land in anticipation of declining food production due to ...

Govt taking measures to curb basic necessary price spiral

As basic necessary prices are soaring, the government is planning to free certain food commodities from import duties ...